Wonderful site listing many contradictions in the Bible:
Was the Early Christian Church Socialist?
Reading the passages below, sure sounds like it to me!!!
Acts 4:
31: And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32: And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33: And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34: Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35: And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36: And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37: Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. Continue reading “Was the Early Christian Church Socialist?”
Who carried the cross…do we go with 3 out of 4?
The first 3 gospels have Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross. John has Jesus carrying the cross. Go with the majority???
Matthew 27: 32 — And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Mark 15:21 — And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Luke 23:26 — And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
John 19:16 -17 –Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 46
…yeah I know you did not ask!
I am sure I am not the first to think of this…I just wonder how much better and less conflicted Christianity and western civilization would be if the Apostle Paul had gotten laid regularly.
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And for that matter how much better would things be if the Apostle Paul had not been such a misogynist.
Is Jesus descended from Abraham and David?
The big deal of Matthews is that Jesus is a direct descendent of Abraham through Isaac, King David, Solomon and others. Finally in the lineage is Joseph who became the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
As Mary was impregnated by the Holy Ghost Joseph did not know Mary sexually until after the birth of Jesus
Question — How does that make Jesus a descendant of Abraham and the others? It strikes me that the chain was broken with the “virgin” birth.
See text from the King James version below:
Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Continue reading “Is Jesus descended from Abraham and David?”
Add Your Own Caption
This is a billboard by a church in Auckland, New Zealand
Add your on text.
I’m going with — “Oh Jesus!” or perhaps — “Damn…what wild ass story am I going to sale to Joseph so he will still marry me!”
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On the off-chance that the picture is a mystery to you, it is supposed to be the Virgin Mary holding a stick from a pregnancy test that reads positive.
And Another Thing I Do Not Understand
And another thing I do not understand is this. Why do Evangelicals always quote scripture to you like that is the final authority on everything? Obviously, if you are a non-believer, that is a logical argument of the dog chasing his own tail variety.
This branch of religion (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) has it roots in nomads who could not figure out for 40 years how to cross the Sinai Desert to get from Egypt to Israel. The distance is less than 500 kilometers. The piece de resistance is that while they wandered for 40 years in this barren place, food rained down from the heavens upon them. I can think of many places today that this would be a blessing indeed. I’ve yet to see it though.
Once they finally figured where the heck Israel was, they went on a genocidal tear to take the land from the inhabitants that were already there.
Then we get into Jesus, a religious figure with no historical record. It just seems improbably to me that a personage of this import would not put at least a minor verifiable page into history. All we really have is mythology. This puts him in the same company as Zeus, Thor, and Shiva.
Put that hound on a trail that I can see, feel, smell or otherwise sense, then get back to me.
Will Ferrell and Baby Jesus
Okay…I’m trying to understand a couple things that happened the other day.
I walked in a conference room at work. There were a group of folks gathered around a computer monitor. On the monitor was a YouTube clip from Talladega Nights, Will Farrell’s salute to NASCAR. There were 4, 5 or 6 folks watching the clip which was a scene where Farrell’s character, Ricky Bobby, is praying over a white trash dinner about to be served. He is praying to “Baby Jesus”. Shortly Ricky’s wife takes exception with his praying to Baby Jesus. Ricky’s partner pipes in about a partying Jesus.
There were several folks laughing heartily. One was nearly falling out of his chair. Let me be frank. I do not understand Will Ferrell’s popularity. In my universe he is the un-funniest man in America. That is the first thing I do not understand. Why is this man even working in show business.
I know for a fact that all of these folks but one would classify themselves as religious. A couple I would classify as seriously religious. Now I am an agnostic trending Continue reading “Will Ferrell and Baby Jesus”
Jesus Closes the Deal
Jesus does business with the money changers
Gays at The Values Voter Summit???
This picture is from the recent Values Voter Summit. This group is about as homophobic as they come. However, the two “fellows” in this picture appear to be as gay as you can get. The only thing missing is for one of the boys to give a reach around to the other.